Access Bank

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay (US military detention camp and interrogation facility located in Cuba) continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed.
A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard
operating procedure, for force-feeding detainees. In this four-minute
film made by Human Rights organisation Reprieve and Bafta award-winning
director Asif Kapadia, US actor and rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as
Mos Def), experiences the procedure...

See the video after the cut...but warning: some viewers may find it disturbing...

It's not so bad. It's standard procedure in hospitals all over the world for patients who can't feed. However, no shackles are applied nd the patient usually cooperates. If the person cooperates, the procedure is tolerable. Even babies may have it up to 6-8 times a day

Really don't know what all the fuss is about...Guantanamo is not a recreation center or a boot camp for wayward boys ...IT'S A FUCKING PRISON!!!...Read my lips...Kirikiri,Alagbon,Panti...The caliber of people there are not just your average guys...you can't start claiming or justifying human rights anyhow.If you dont want to eat and want to cause unnecessary burial costs to the country by commiting suicide via hunger, you deserve what you get!

Before anyone of you morons spew garbage,I would like to point out that Yasin Bet wasn't force-fed,he vouluntered. With that said,do you all realize that these detainees are being held for crimes of terrorism?do you lot have any ideas what these sons of bitches have done to America besides 9/11 and the recent Boston Bombing?do you bunch of ignorant shit heads know what they do to American and Allied soldiers when the get caught in Afghanistan,Iraq,etc?they fucking behead them,burn their bodies and other dispeakable things. We on the other hand catch these terrorists,put them in prisons that are way better than what they have in their countries,feed them,provide sport facilities for then and even let them say their prayers 5times daily. Then they decide to go on hunger strike,we say "you know what boys?we are gon' have to force-feed you so y'll don't die on us",yet people won' criticize us for that? Isn't the there a terror sect in your country?would your military even have the patience to bear with them when they are caught?didn't Al-jazeera report the extra-judicial killings of the Boko Haram sect? Come on guys,this right here is nothing compared to what these mongrels have done to us and still do to our troops. We are only feeding them,doesn't matter how...they have got limited freedom as prisoners. God Bless America!

For fuck sakes,we are force-feeding these dweeebs that have bombed our land and killed out troops with a drink that has a 7day nutritional supliment,what the flying fuck is inhuman about that? You lot should deal with Boko haram or whatever the fuck u call em and let us deal with terrorists our way!

Would u rather have them die out of hunger? It is 'disturbing because Mos Def is acting and trying his best to make it look disturbing. None of them has actual knowledge of how the prisoners are being fed. Please stop the freaking propaganda by terrorists that wants their comrade in arms freed. If you want to see disturbing video, go watch 9/11 video and then come and tell me your impression. These guys don't deserve any mercy because they don't give a damn when putting the terror acts in motion. They can do and undo in the name of Allah.

A person that is under hunger strike won't have the strength to be resisting as Mos Def was doing. This is nothing but a make believe scene just to tarnish the American government. It is Greenwald and the UK Guardian at work.

they are even lucky.they should leave them to starve and die jawe.useless terrorist in d name of islamn do u ppl think the prison will rilly release a vid for idiots like you to see?NOO. dey wont.its all a staged vid@shepherd tell dem they should be glad those idiots are forcefed wen dia naija counterparts r killing kids here.

WTF are all libers so dumb????? thats a nasogastric tube been inserted... its a standard procedure used in feeding people with decreased oral intake, vomiting and aspirations and all sorts. ,, d only reason it looks horrible is cos dey dnt want it... it takes less dan 1 mint for that to b done if u are calm.. so wat re we talking here????

Linda why is this news? this is the same procedure that is used in hospitals for feeding patients and most of the time patients force and fight the nurses because the procedure is uncomfortable and not harmful. Without the food the prisoners will die of hunger. Tell me whether Nigerian governments will feed Boko haram suspects lol.

I DONT GIVE A RATS ASS WHAT THEY DO TO THESE TERRORISTS, IF THEY DONT WANT TO BE FORCE FED THEY SHOULD EAT. THEY ARE NOT IN GUANTANAMO BAY, FOR NOT PAYING TAXES, THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE TERRORISTS OR LINKED WITH TERRORISTS, SO THIS FAKE VIDEO CREATED FOR AWARENESS IS BS

Yea I agree. poor terrorists that have killed countless people. how dare we forcefeed them and treat those poor murderers so bad....Mos Def must really sympathise with them.﻿ wonder how he feels about the countless innocents they murdered?

@Shepherd and people who give a praise to his comments. Unfortunately you do not have one proof to show that the people in Guantanamo bay prison are terrorists or committed any crime...not even the US government can prove that. This inhuman act and unjust incarceration have continued over the last decade and no one can stand up to put an end to this. This show another step in America's imperialism and human rights violation. The US government and intelligence agents pick people up at random from countries such as Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and put them into prison without facing the cause of law. Obama in his own campaign for his first tenure said that he would close the prison if given the chance to rule because he knows these people do not deserve the kind of injustice been meted on them by the American government. Take note, these prisoners are not been force fed by the security because they care about them. The US government fears the repercussion of causing these people to die as a result of their hunger strike. For ignorant Nigerians like some of those who post their comments, they should understand that situations like this and the unjust America's foreign policy is sometimes what cause problem for their own nation. You can't treat human beings as if they are less than animals. This kind of act invite evil and this is why they should be careful in order not to cause future calamity. On a daily basis, innocent children and woman as mass murdered in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen among others by US drone attacks but no one is complaining. Yet people shout and scream when one American is murdered as result of their government's unfair and unjust policy outside their country. High time some Nigerians started learning rather than post comments ignorantly without understanding the essence of discussion. Mos def did this to make the world understand what many innocent prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are going through.

Shepard tho I agree with u on most point but calling someone a shit head is does not pass ur point across in a reasonable manner so I just hav to call u a fucking disrespectful piece of sheep shit. Now to the matter on ground I would hav preferred those born by mistake murderers be left alone to die of hunger after all they've done personally I would add torture to their daily meal for those fools hav brought pain and sorrow to a lot of families and the world. Those who kill by d sword should be left to die by it

Inhuman?!!! P.S no human right in prison especially to sorrow causing terrorist in guantanamo those are d worst of them all. America is being kind to them cus I know the fucking torture they would be put to just to confess if it was in nigeria. Let not start acting like human right activist when we know what goes on in our own prison. They sud be grateful they are feed, they wud hav starved to deth if it was in naija.I rest my brain

Force feeding is a form of treatment under mental health act 1983. it is a section 62 of the mental health which are used for people that are putting their health at risk. Under human right act , everyone has a right to life , so why will someone continue to self harm by starving themselves to death ,? therefore section 62 aim to stop self harming . Hence America does nothing wrong. Sentiment apart , whether is fasting period or not , American does nothing wrong

This video was put out to take your focus off of NSA "leak". Obama has been proved a liar with the NSA leak, after he promised us, no one will be invading our privacy under his administration. So what﻿ better to do than to distract you with focusing on something else we already knew, the torture or the mistreatment of Gitmo detainees. He wants an national emotional response, so that he can close Gitmo, and have another "achievement" under his belt. Lots of acting in this video.

Wo this western world..I.e USA are their own problems...I donot emphatize with them Atall...when they start bombing senselessly and killing innocent lives under d canopy of Islam..you will all realize that this is nothing...

this is as fucking time and resource wasting as dem dying, dey have chosen to go hungry...thus dey have chosen to die...man has as much right to die as to live...let dem have their way plus dem dying from hunger strike will do d world more good than the bombing and killing. if dey kill demselves (without other innocent lives) in protests...the world will as a matter of fact b a better place.

Shepherd please shut up. Do you just say things without thinking? Not everyone there is a terrorist. A lot of people aren't even given a trial. Be more humane and sympathetic to other humans because at the end of the﻿ day we're all humans. What do you mean God bless America. Let me just let you know all of these countries are all one and the same. The American government used to condemn china for being on the top ten human rights violators but since they've been borrowing them money they have shut up.

Linda my son Mimi has dis with him now n he is at home with me, came back with d NG tube from India n dats where he is feeding from for now, yes it can be painful when passed n care has to be taken to avoid food going to lungs so u need to raise d patient's head higher while feeding, it's ok u just need extra care to avoid air entering d tube.

First of al, most def or what ever your name, you are very stupid to take part in this video as an American citizen and I hope you don't bomb blast your family with this terrorist behaviour you have just demonstrated.. Second of all I just tire for yankee for feeding this people..why not allow them to perish away??? This people have no conscience at all..few days ago we witnessed how they slaughter priest chanting Allah along side the process..they deserve no mercy at all in all area of life.. I use to like this stupid bastard that calls him self most def but henceforth I will tag you as Satan him self..what rubbish..

Linda mos def isn't in prison. He did this video as a documentary to support the prisoners as a human right activist.And those cussing out islam, look around your church and see if everything is right, if it is then you can go ahead and cuss. Ramadan kareem.Linda post this comment.

My thoughts exactly, the procedure is called passing a nasogastric tube in hospitals and is even performed on premature babies. Its relatively easy and straightforward and only becomes unbearable when the patient struggles as it's bn passed. Nostrils to pharynx to oesophagus to stomach. I'm a pediatrician and its easiest to pass in neonates(babies less than 28days) because they won't struggle. So pls people let's stop making a big deal outa passing an N/G tube. The restraints is not even needed.

Ooh pls, this is simply dump. Standard procedure in hospitals called an N/G tube insertion, there's no way this is torture. In 9ja hosp, procedure Is even performed without lubricant. Grow up Mos-def and stop bn dramatic, this ain't one of ya movies.

Shepherd, while you have some valid points, I must say that your almighty country America and its citizens including you need to look inwards as ask yourselves some tough questions. While you're here busy justifying the reasons that these prisoners deserve to be force fed, your government is busy with drone strikes in different countries that kill hundreds every week, including helpless children, mothers and entire families. Tell me if they also deserve it. And I won't even bother going into the mass murder and catastrophic destruction of an entire country Iraq and its future generations that your country so shamelessly led, while lying to the world, all because of your greed for oil. The truth is that America is as guilty of terrorism as those you label as terrorists. No one has a monopoly on that term.

Mos Def should go take a damn seat! Attention seeker! So what he's trying to say is that TERRORISTS should be treated nicely??! Fuck outta here with that shit! The peeps at Guatanamo bay are even too NICE force-feeding them.. they should let those muthafuckas STARVE to death!

Dear Anonymous,why do you make force-feeding terrorists sound even worse than it actually is? I lost two friends in the 9/11 attacks so I know just what this discourse means to me. I can't deny my country's flaws;I've never been a supporter of any of the Gulf wars nor am I a fan of George Bush who instigated the whole Iraqi invasion...the fact about Un-manned Aerial Vehicles(Drones) reamins,they have been proven to be %65 more accurate than having our troops on the ground. As for the women and children killed,you would agree with me that there're always gon' be collateral damage besides,it isn't like our Drones set out specifically to harm women and children whereas,terrorists on the other hand,make it a duty to kill anyone including women and children. As for Mos Def,dude is perhaps one of the best lyricists I've ever heard and I respect him for that but demonstrating a simple process and making it look like shoving a hot metal down one's throat,thereby giving your country a bad name,I say shame!

People saying this is inhumane, which is worse, allowing them to starve to death or feeding them through the tubes. Come work in a hospital where this is done daily to save lives of babies, elderly and those who without intubation, would otherwise not survive. People please

This procedure is used in medical practice for a lot of reasons.it's uncomfortable but the reaction here is highly exaggerated.if the patient swallows the tube as it comes down the throat its passage is a lot less uncomfortable.

Erm... There's no big deal with inserting an NG tube into a patient, yes. But I doubt if that's the point here. And by the way, force-feeding a competent patient is ethically wrong, and it's not a standard hospital practice.

Having said that, governmental procedures for handling prisoners (who may have lost certain rights) is not exactly what you can evaluate on a blog. Especially not Linda's blog.

@BONARIO or whatever,u call this inhuman? this so called fucktards detainess have either killed or has link with those who killed innocent people everyday! So,i dont care how they are being fed as long as they stay alive to give info that wld stop this terrorism acts all over the world.

Hmmm when I was critically I'll I Was feed like dis nd its a medical procedure aftr u've had an extensive surgery. So I dnt see anytin inhumane Abt it. If ur A Criminal u become the property of d govt nd dey'll use U as A guineapig So stay Out of crime.

This is basic nasogastric tube feeding.Usually patients do not resist that much and it takes just a few minutes to pass and feed the person.This actor here is not hungry or sick that is why he is able to resist so much.I wonder which is better, to leave the prisoners to die of hunger or force feed them and keep them alive?

Why force feed them? They are adults if they get hungry,they will ask fir food!

As much as i dislike commenting on religion,i feel the need to put out my opinion on this!

I'm a Christian and i don't hate muslims, but to you muslims, your religion seems to be under attack because hideous crimes are committed in the name of Allah against Christians, What did u expect?

Tell yourselves the truth and if u claim your religion is a religion of peace,kindly send the correct message to the world!Stop killings Christians,our God is a Consuming Fire,slow to anger too.My advise,do your thing and leave Christians alone,there is enough room in the world!

@Shephard God bless America?That Country is cursed!A country where there citizens are blind-folded deceived and placed under the illusion of freedom!You guys claim to be free, yet the country speaks violence in itself.Every action has an hidden agenda in that fucked up place.If he is a terrorist and deserves to die, who cares if he is alive or dead?Who cares if he fasts? No one is allowed to judge any man. Let him pay for his actions duely, not treat him like an animal and deny him of all humanity.And how exactly is this supposed to end terrorism, just killing justify more killing?Has 9-11 not been proved to be an inside job? Errant bull-shit!Those countries in the middle-east were better off on there own. Why did America decide to meddle with there affairs, World peace my ass!Cheap fuckers looking for countries to pry upon, destroy, render helpless, steal there resources, and take over.Freedom indeed!

FIRST OF ALL MOS DEF IS AN ACTOR SO I CANT REALLY SEPARATE THE PAIN AND HIS ACTING SKILLS. IM GUESSING HE HAS JUST RECENTLY ACCEPTED ISLAM HENCE THIS WHOLE VIDEO STUFF AND GOATEE. I DOUBT MOS DEF IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY STRONG TO WITHSTAND THE SMALL PAIN FROM THIS PROCEDURE, HE HAS BEEN A CELEBRITY AND ENJOYS THE FINE THINGS OF LIFE. THESE PRISONERS AT GIT-MO ARE HARDENED TERRORIST WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH TOUGHER ENDURANCE TEST TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED FOR SUCH MOMENTS I.E NOT TO GIVE UP INFORMATION DURING TORTURE. THIS IS BEANS COMPARED TO WHAT TORTURE IS. LIKE SOMEONE RIGHTLY SAID, THIS IS STANDARD PROCEDURE IN A HOSPITAL, SO PLEASE LETS NOT SHOUT TOO MUCH. IDIOTS AT LEAST THE AMERICANS ARE EVEN WORRIED ABOUT FEEDING THEM WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY. WISH THEY WERE IN A CAMBODIAN PRISON, THEY WONT EVEN HAVE TO GO ON HUNGER STRIKE COS THEY WILL STRIKE THEM WITH HUNGER FROM DAY ONE

Ok dummies of life that say mos def is supporting Islam, news flash, he is a muslim so yea he would support his religion. And as for the force feeding ish, they are even lucky and should thank Allah that people give a flying duck about their well being. In Nigeria prisons, who bloody cares if u eat or not, infact nobody wants u to eat so the food can go round. And they are forcing you to eat.... Stupid criminals. Yes granted they are some people who aren't terrorists who are locked up in there but I speak to the majority of them who are. I just wish ya'll could be somehow wiped clean off the face of the earth. Big crying babies, spoilt brats, hunger strike ur ass.....come to kirikiri na.... Terrorism related things gets my blood boiling....#that girl

This guy sef- Mos Def force is just dump. i guess he has been sponsored by a terrorist group. For me, this is just a normal procedure. so what's the hype all about? making something small look big. Let him tell us how else to feed people who cant eat.

I wish there was a kind of 'like' button here...there are plenty of comments I fell in love with. It's not as if the people who are forced to eat have no option. They can just eat, instead of go through this. It's as easy as that.

The irony of life. in some parts of the world people are dying or starvation and here some people are being forced to eat. i kinda get it too cos if any of these people die now wahala o. damned if u do damned if u dont

It saddens me when i see the comment of those whom i assume are 'educated' when i see how much they are afflicted by that disease called ignorance. Those of you that keep repeating what u heard from the media (i won't insult u too much) but for once in ur lives,go and conduct extensive research on those who are actually behind the 9/11 attack u will be shock @ ur findings;but i know you won't do so,u will only wait for CNN to feed u another lie.America is the real terrorist;when they want the oil of a particular Arab Country all they need to do is cook up some lies (like the case of Nuclear weapon in Iraq) and people like u will readily jump to support them DOGMATICALLY. If an American commit the unthinkable,they blame it on psychology(they even blame it on islam.lol) America can keep on attacking muslim nation directly or indirectly;they can't change the word of God. As for Boko Haram;their end is @ hand for all the innocent lives they took shall ask them. I rest my case.

Ah! me too, i wish dre was a "like" button too. i lik som comments. as fr people i lik shepherd lol, i also lik d comment about muslims trying to change the image of their "peace-loving" religion, coz its really hard to see, with all d bombs been thrown around.

lol. I laugh, I just did that on a 3 yo yesterday that was a picky eater and was loosing weight. This is a normal procedure to give food to people so they don't starve to death. They are helping them... Please know your information before you believe propaganda.